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BREEAM
Definition: Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method. A suite of environmental assessment rating tools designed, operated and owned by BRE, first launched in 1990.
BREEAM is the world’s longest established and most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. It sets the standards for best practice in sustainable development and demonstrates a level of achievement.
Predominantly a design-stage assessment, BREEAM assesses buildings against a set criteria and provides an overall score which will fall within a band providing either a; PASS, GOOD, VERY GOOD, EXCELLENT or OUTSTANDING rating.
BREEAM is applied across the building spectrum through various packaged forms, created to suit individual types of building – for example common types of buildings can be measured under packages including BREEAM Education, BREEAM Prisons, BREEAM Offices, BREEAM Multi-residential and others.
The original BREEAM Eco-homes was created to tackle domestic homes. In April 2007 the Code for Sustainable Homes replaced Ecohomes for the assessment of new housing in England. EcoHomes 2006 will continue to be used for refurbished housing in England and for all housing in Scotland and Wales.
Rainwater Harvesting is recognised across the various BREEAM building packages and scores high-creditation under the Water Efficiency sector.
The Building Research Establishment features The Kingspan Lighthouse within its showcase of sustainable design. The Lighthouse uses a KingspanWater rainwater harvesting system to deliver a high level of water efficiency
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Case Studies
DEFRA Offices, Alnwick, Northumberland
Lion House is an ultra low-emissions office building, designed and built for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in Alnwick, Northumberland.
